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'Leiters Patent No; 105,063', dated July 5, 187th IMPROVEMENT In' GATES.

The Schedulereferred to in thesev Lettere Patent 'and making part of the same.

To al? lwhom it may concern `it known that I, ISAAC H. GUsTrx, ot Mitt dletown, in the countyv of Henry and State ol' Indiana, have invented a :zew'and useful Improvement in Gates, of which the :llowing is a full, clear, and exact description, rele panying drawing ot' thi same, which makes part of this specification, and in u' luch- 'Figure 1 represents an elevation `of' a gate, eniiracing niyiiuprovcm s J 1figure 2,1?. similar new., showing the gat-c part-h .er snow, and for other pur.'-v

.,. ,ure 3 represents a horizontal section', showing Jn gate partly open,

rollen-attachment to thY The against the side of the`xed post is nearly 'equal to Iltis the object of my improvement to thesedi/sadvantages, and

it consists in the employment-.of a roller, located and arranged. between thesw'inging arm 'of the gate and the xed'pnlley of the weighted rope, aroundl which the latter is passed in such manner that, whateter .'.nayhe-'thepositinn of the swinging arm and overcome rope, whether in opening orclosing the f" the. former will. always be drawn over the pulley a diany abrasion' w. ttever upon therope, and greatly lessen 'the effort required open tite gate, which must necessarily render the 'rope more durable, and the gate morecasily and conveniently opened. i En the aecompanyingdrawingm v A represents the gate, supported upon and lz-ed by a crane or swinging section, B, hinged to one the ,pests so as to turn' thereon.

" :e gate is secured te its crane, so aste oe adne passing over sneak, audalowiog sheep to pase out, to 'separate them. 'om cattle.

In adjustingfthe gate in this manner, it is raised and lowered posts Eet' the swinging crane, and secured by di?, passing through the lower end ot the pi?. onteigrsrt ot' .the crane and the beards of the gate.

ce being had to the aecornand heid above the ground, for the pure-ese of by gnde-posts l thereof', guide-4 The hinged supporting sect-ion B is secured to the vniainpost C by a bolt, a., passing through a horizontal timber, G, into the top of said post, and by the foot of "the oblique bracing-boards H, tting into and resting upon .a shoulder, b, near the bottom of said post, and upon these bearings it turns in opening and closing the gate.

A bracing-post, .1, extends upward obliq'uelyti'onr the foot of the main Y post'C, and is secured near the top of the latter by a board, J, andthe arm K ol' vthe supporting-timber G of the crane projects in' rear ot' the latter, and rests upon said connecting- The oblique bracing-postextends above the conneetingboard J,'to receive apulley, Lover which a rope, M, passes, the -front end of which is attached to the lower hoard of the gate, near the middle otits length,.and to its other end the weight N is secured,

soastoV be suspended in the rear .of Said obliquo post. f. v I

' rIllis. weighted rope effects the closing of the4 gate, and assistsin raising it,'when required t-c be znljusted above the ground. 5'

' The weighted rope thus arranged is connected by a stud or pin,- c, to the end ofthe swingingarm K, so

.that the latter acts upon the 'weight as a level', when the gate is opened.

To .prevent thorope from being drawn-obliquely against the fixed post I by the-.action of'holdng-pin c, 1 arrange a vertical roller', P, between the end-.of the swinging arm K andthepnlley, round which roller 'the rope is wound once, so that it will always main tain a straight line in passing over. the'pulley in raising and lowering the .weight,'w11ile that' part .held by the stud c. will draw directly froniflie side 'of the verticalrolle P, and the latter, being' mounted -in bein ings in the connecting-board Jad a, cap-board, Q,- secured tothe upper end ot' theoblique bracing-post, it niustlturn as the cord is drawn over it, in opening and closing the'gate from either direction, thus ef feetnally saving the rope from-being cnt and wornout,

and causing the gate to turn more readily.

The rope is attached to the holding-stud c, which is open an its 'confor that purpose, so 'that it `may be disconnected from it, n whichcase it will be re-f leased from the 'swinging arm, and-act upon the gato to hold ity open, because the rope will then act 'upon the roller from its connection with the gate, infront of its hinge a, as shown in dotted lines in g. 3L

To protect the rope from bein'g'i'otted by rain, a covering-board, R, is secured to the top -of the crane, so as to extend rearwad" thus form a shelter, dry.

The gate isprovided with'a spring latch, `S, tlie @ver the' pulley, and which keeps it comparatively end of which fits into :n groove, d, in the side of the front post T, and the latch muy be withdrawn by ai vertical pivoted arm, U, so as to be convenient for horsemen by grasping the upper end of said arm, which extends through the top board for that purpose. i

Having described my improvement,

I claim- The nrrangemeutof the vertical roller P, in comv binztton with the Weighted rope M, round which it passes, and the lswinging arm K of the gate, to which it is attached, sulstantadlv :ts hezcin shown and described.

Witnesses DAvm YoUNT, R. WISEIIART.

SAAC H. GUSTIN. 

